उत्तराखण्ड
Independence Day Tennis Cup 2025,,
Independence Day Tennis Cup 2025
Venue: Optimum Tennis Academy, Choonakhan, Bailpadav
Dates: 15–16 August 2025
Organizers: DTA Nainital & Optimum Tennis Academy
Main Objectives
- To promote the game of tennis at the local level
- To encourage players to engage in a therapeutic and world-class sport
Tournament Highlights
- Being held for the 4th consecutive year (also known as Haldwani Invitational Tennis Tournament)
- Participating Teams:
- Nainital (2 teams)
- Ranikhet (1)
- Haldwani (2)
- Rudrapur (1)
- Choonakhan (1)
- Ramnagar (1)
- 6 players per team
- Format: Team Championship & Doubles Event
- 2 Pools → Top 2 from each advance to Semi-finals
- Win = 5 points, Loss = 0, Draw = 2 points
- All matches one-set format, golden point at deuce, tie-break (first to 7) at 6-all
- Balls: Babolat All Court
Singles Event
- Age Categories:
- Under 45 years
- 45+ to 55 years
- 55+ years
- Knockout format, one-set matches
- Around 46 players confirmed
Eligible Districts
Nainital, Pithoragarh, Champawat, Almora, Udham Singh Nagar, Bageshwar
Notable Players
- Amar Jagati (Nainital) – ITF MT100 Runner-up
- Lalit Mohan Joshi – Gold Medalist, All India Forest Meet 2024
- Mohit Singh Rathore, Devendra Singh Bisht – Silver Medalists, Forest Meet
- Asim Beg, Rajesh Kumar, Hemant Singhal (Rudrapur)
- Manas Tiwari, Sumit Tiwari, Gautam Joshi, Rajat Sati (Ramnagar/Haldwani)
- Lt. Col. Jitendra Singh Bisht and others
Chief/Guest of Honour
- Opening: Mr. D.S. Rawat (Retd. Additional Income Tax Commissioner)
- Special Guest: Mr. Kanchan Lohani (Chief Manager, PNB Haldwani)
- Closing: Mr. Sumit Goyal (Vice President, UTA Dehradun)
- Special Guest: Mr. Harish Prasad (Retd. Principal, NCERT Bhopal)
Independence Day Celebration (15 August)
- Joint celebration by DTA Nainital family and all participants
- Guest of Honour: Mr. D.N.S. Bisht (Retd. IG, CRPF)
- Award:
- Mr. G.L. Sah (Veteran player, Nainital, Retd. Professor, Kumaon University) – Lifetime Achievement Award
